Tag-holder



J. L. KOLBE.

TAG HOLDER.

APPLICATIONFILED JUNE I3, 1919.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

UNITED STA Es-J PATENT *OF FICE.

JOHN L. KOLLYBE, .wAnwnrosA, 'w rscoivsnv.

Application filed June 13,

To allwhom itmay concern: u

Be itknown that I, JoHN L. KOLBE, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVauwatosa, inthe county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive tag holder adapted for use as a means for attaching cards, pricelists anclthe like, to garments or other articles of merchandise or to packages of the same, to receptacles, bags, boxes, etc., under. such conditions as to efficiently maintain the tag card in the proper position for inspec-- tion while permitting the ready removal thereof for changing or substitution in the event of a change of price, the attachment of the holder to the article being in such a way as to avoid marring or mutilating the same. 7

With these objects in view the invention consists in a construction hereinafter described, it being understood that changes in form or proportion may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the principles involved.

. In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a holder.

Fig. 2. is a plan or face view of the same.

Fig. 3 is an edge elevational view.

The holder which is constructed entirely of wire or some other bendable material in a single blank, consists essentially of a stem 10 disposed diagonally with reference to the body of the structure as indicated plainly in Fi 2 which is extended to form the base 11.

i side 12 of a substantially triangular frame consisting of the elements 10, 11 and 12 and forming a bearing or rest for a tag or card to be held vin contact therewith by a bearing arm 13 which intersects said triangular frame 10, 11 and 12 and extends diagonally across the Surface thereof. The side element 12 of said bearing frame is extended to form the base 14 and said'bearing arm 13 to form in connection with the element 12, a second substantially triangular bearing frame which is in turn intersected by the stem 10, which, having a spring tending toward the plane of the frame 12, 13 and 14, serves as a means of holding in proper position a card or tag inserted between said frame 12, 13, 14 and the stem 10.

A card or tag may be inserted and held between the bearing frame 10, 11 and 12 and A -HO DER.

Specification of Letters Patent,

i919. Serial N0.'303,926.

the arm 13 orbetween the frame 12, 13, 14 and the stem 10, according to its size and the convenience of the operator, the character ofjthe article to which the tag isto be applied, etc.

Patented A gles, 1 921.

The stem 10 is extended to form a susif pending device 15 consisting of the cross arm 16 and the inturned terminal 17 both of which lie substantially in the plane of the stem and constitute an extension of the bearing afforded by the stem when a card or tag is inserted between the same and the frame 12, 18, 14. This use of the device is particularly advantageous in connection with cards of relatively large size, and the extremities of the bearing arms 13 and terminal 17 may be sharpened or pointed for enga'gement with by puncturing cloth or fabric forming the bolt or wrapping of the article in connection with which the tag is to be displayed.

Also base, element 14 of the triangular bearing frame. 12, 13, 14 is preferably provided with a coil 18 which not only serves as a means of increasing the spring action and bearing quality of the arm 13 toward the frame 10, 11 and 12, but furnishes a suitable eye for attachment to a suspending device or for engagement by a fastening means such as a tack which may be driven into a box or other receptacle to which the I ity which is desirable in connection with the labeling of merchandise embodying various lines of goods.

The invention having been described,

what is claimed as new and useful is:

l. A holder for" the purpose indicated formed from a single strand of wire bent to provide two substantially triangular frames with their bases oppositely disposed, the said frames having a'spring tendency toward each other to permit the insertion therebetween of a tag to be supported, the

leg of one of the frames constituting th free terminal of the wire having a spring tendency toward its attendant frame to permit the insertion of the tag between it and its frame, the remaining terminal of the V wire having a pointed extremity for engagement with the bolt or Wrapping of an article in connection with which the tag is to be displayed.

2. A tag strand of wire bent to provide two substana tially triangular frames having a spring tendency toward each other and having their bases oppositely disposed and substantially in parallelism, one free terminal of the wire constituting a side of one of the frames and having a spring tendency toward that frame, the other terminal of the wire constituting holder formed from a single a side of the other of said frames and formed at its extremity with a cross arm substantially parallel with the base of the frame, the cross arm terminating in an inturned terminal, the cross arm and the inturned terminal lying substantially in the plane of the frames to provide a bearing for supporting a cord inserted between the frames. o

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- JOHN L. KOLBE. 

